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Form

Form. The structure of a document or its contents apart from the substance. See Conveyancing Forms and Precedents; Chitty's Forms; Bullen and Leake's Prec. Of Pleading.The outer shape or structure of something, an dis-tinguished from its substance or matter. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 662.Statutory Forms (see, e.g., the forms of mortgage in the Third Schedule to the Law of Property Act, 1925), are usually permissive, but a bill of sale (see that title) is void unless made 'in accordance with' the form in the schedule to the Bills of Sale Act, 1882; see Thomas v. Kelly, (1888) 13 Ap. Cas. 506.Intended to connote that the body of the company or its shape did not come up in consequence of transfer of building, machinery or plant used previously for business purpose, Bajaj Temp Ltd. v. I.T. Commr. Bombay, AIR 1992 SC 1622....


Re form

To give a new form to to form anew to take form again or to take a new form as to re form the line after a charge...


Formative

Giving form having the power of giving form plastic as the formative arts...


Usual common form

Usual common form, means the articles of association sometimes provide that the transfer of shares should be in writing, and in the 'usual common form'. This expression means that everything which is material to the transfer must be in the usual common form. It does not mean that the transfer is bad if the ifs are not properly dotted, and the it's are not properly crossed, Letheby and Christopher, Ltd., (1904) 1 Ch 815....


form

form 1 : the structure of something (as a document) as distinguished from its matter [a defect in , not substance] 2 : established procedure according to rule or practice see also form of action 3 : a printed or typed document with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested information [tax s] ...


Form 10-K

Form 10-K : a financial disclosure form required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to be filed annually by companies issuing securities or having a threshold amount of gross assets ...


form of action

form of action :any of the personal actions (as assumpsit, detinue, or replevin) formerly brought at common law see also writ NOTE: Rule 2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure states “there shall be one form of action to be known as ‘civil action.’ ” ...


Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu forme

Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu forme [Lat.], A judicial writ fails not through defect of form....


Formed

Formed, 'Form' according to the dictionary has different meanings. In the context in which it has been used it was intended to connote that the body of the company or its shape did not come up in consequence of transfer of building, machinery or plant used previously for business purpose, Bajaj Tempo Ltd. v. CIT, (1992) 3 SCC 78: AIR 1992 SC 1622 (1629)....


Manner and form

Manner and form, the words 'manner and form' refer only ' to the mode in which the thing is to be done, and do not introduce anything from the Act referred to as to the thing which is to be done or the time for doing it, Sales Tax Officer v. K.I. Abraham, AIR 1967 SC 1823 (1825): (1967) 3 SCR 518. (Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, s. 8)...


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